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Ralph Roister Doister

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The title of the earliest English comedy; so called from the chief character. Written by Nicholas Udall. (16th century.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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